Skirt-gage.



E. NIELSEN.

SKIRT GAGE. I APPLICATION FILED JULY 25, 1910.

1,001,159. Patnted Aug. 22, 1911.

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SKIRT-GAGE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug. 22, 1911.

Application filed July 25, 1910.

Serial No. 573,819.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELIZABETH NIELSEN, a citizen of the United States,and resident of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Skirt--Gages, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a device for use in dress-making, for thepurpose of gaging and marking the length of a skirt.

The object of the invention is to produce a skirt-gage of simple andconvenient form, which shall hold the bottom of the skirt securely innatural position, while permitting the material of the skirt to beconveniently and accurately marked to indicate the proper length.

To this end the invention comprises a skirt-gage having, among othernovel and useful features of construction, two hoopshaped members ofdifferent diameters adapted to be adjusted vertically and to confine thematerial of the skirt in natural position between them, one of thesemembers serving conveniently as a guide for a marking pencil, while theother member serves as a support for the material while it is beingmarked.

Other features of the invention will be set forth in connection with thefollowing description of the illustrated embodiment of the invention.

The accompanying drawing is a perspective view of a skirt-gage embodyingthe present invention.

In the illustrated embodiment of the invention the outer gage member, orguide, 1 is in the form of a hoop of sheet-metal, or other suitablematerial, and the inner member, or support, 2 is similar in form andconstruction, but of less diameter than the member 1. The latter isprovided with three clamps 4 in which are set'screws 5, and by thesemeans the member 1 is supported upon three uprights 3, being movablethereon, when the set-screws 5 are loosened, to permit verticaladjustment of the gagemember. To assist in this adjustment the outersurfaces of the uprights 3 are graduated, as shown in the drawing.

The inner gage-member 2 is mounted upon uprights 6, being adjustablysecured thereto by clamps and set-screws similar to those used inconnection with the outer member 1.

The uprights 3 and '6 are connected together in pairs, by horizontalportions 7, and may be, in fact, formed integral therewith, as shown. Tosupport all the uprights in proper position, they are connected togetherby a hoop 8. This hoop-is secured to the uprights by means of screws 9and wing-nuts 10, so that when the device is not inuse the uprights maybe readily removed from the hoops to permit the parts to be packed orstored in compact form.

When the device above described is in use the person or model for whomthe skirt is to be gaged stands within the hoops, with the toes againstthe hoop 8, which latter thus serves as an abutment to determine theproper position of the device with respect to the model. The material ofthe skirt then hangs between the two members 1 and 2, the space betweenthese members, due to their different diameters, being such as to permitthe material to hang naturally. The outer member 1 is then adjusted tothe height above the floor at which the lower edge of the skirt is tohang, and the inner member 2 is then adjusted somewhat higher than theouter member, so that its outer surface will constitutean abutment orsupport opposite the upper edge of the outer member. By means of apencil or chalk the material of the skirt is then marked, using theupper edge of the outer member 1 as a guide, while the material issupported against the outer surface of the inner member 2.

I claim 1. A skirt-gage comprising substantially rigid inner and outerannular members of different diameters fixedly spaced apart so as toallow the skirt to hang loosely between them, and means for supportingsaid members independently with provision. for vertical adjustmentthereof.

2. A skirt-gage comprising a set of uprights, an outer annular membersupported and vertically adjustable thereon, a second set of uprights,an inner annular member mounted and vertically adjustable thereon, andmeans fixed to the uprights and located beneath the inner member so asto constitute an abutment to engage the toes of the model and locate theskirt-gage.

3. A skirt-gage comprlsing a plurality of V U-shaped supports eachhaving two vertical members, a hoop connecting, and removably attachedto, the inner vertical members of said supports, and an inner and anouter annular gage member supported, and vertically ad ustable upon,said vertical members, respectively.

4:. A skirt-gage comprising inner and outer annular members of differentdiameters adapted to receive the skirt'betvveen them, means forsupporting said members independently With provision for verticaladjustment thereof, and an annular abutment arranged beneath saidmembers and fixed to said supporting means, the abutment being adaptedto engage the toes of the model to locate the skirt-gage With respectthereto.

5. A skirt-gage comprising an inner annular substantially rigid member,an outer annular substantially rigid member of greater diameter, aninner set of uprights supporting said inner member With provision forvertical adjustment thereof, and an outer set of uprights connected withsaid inner set at the lower ends only of the uprights and supportingsaid outer annular member With provision for Vertical adjustmentthereof.

ELIZABETH NIELSEN.

Witnesses D. GURNEE, FARNUM F. DORSEY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

